Killer Cab Contest for May 2013

Hello all

I thought I would throw a cab into the mix. Not from any expectations of having a "best"; this cab is in a series of "firsts" for me. I am not a great photographer and I have a pretty poopy camera lol.

The rough rock was one my son and I found on our first ever rock hounding trip and is from Woodward Ranch


It is from the first series of slabs I cut with my fist slab saw.


This is my fifth cab, but it is the first agate I tried to cab, the first weekend I started cabbing.The cab has voids in it and a fracture on one side. There are also two deep voids, over 50% of the thickness, right along the edge of one side. I was surprised I was able to take it from slab to cab without it shattering. I did not do a final polish on it. I was concerned the polish would get into the fracture and voids..not sure how I would get it out again.



Since I have a bit of a roll going on "firsts", I figured I would toss it into the competition as a "first" publically shown cab as well lol.

Any critques are very much welcomed and thanks for looking!

Roger

Randy, your cabs are beautiful. I am a raw beginner and it shows lol. Maybe in a year or so I can pull off something really nice.

Your Noreena cabs posted earlier this year are why I bought the equipment and started to learn. Not sure what it is about them, but I visit those photos frequently and wish I could find the material.

I have been busy this weekend in the garage and I might post some shots of a few more in the cabs section. I need to decide if I want to embarrass myself further lol.

Thanks!

Roger

Hello,

Had some pc issues and was sure I would make this one. I am normally last minute anyways

I cut a ring cab earlier this week and was kicking myself for not taking contest photos, so instead I thought I would just make another in the same material, same shape but much larger this time.

Slab:



Preform:



And cab:



I always seek out the Labradorites with the black veins and deep smokey base colors. They are a bit hard to come by but really add a bit of depth to the color. This piece was nice because the outline on the black veins has a reddish hue to it. Like usual the intensity of the orange was camera shy, but the bottom portion transitions to a deep rich orange. I cut this with the stripes diagonal and went for a bit of a tiger stripe look.

Profile:



Randy, nice cabs, Love the Hypersthene!

Great work Roger. There is always something a bit more personal and special about materials you collect yourself Wish I could find more than mostly granite type stuff here lol.

Thanks,

Carleton

Fantastic entries all round. Some super material shown and worked to perfection.

Rodger: you might see yourself as a newcomer, but in the end it all comes down to composition, layout and (for me) color-textures. Your cab is one of my 3 favorites in this round thus far.

OK this is a first time for me too... it's not my favorite creation but it's the first one that I've remembered to take a pictures of the creation process LOL.